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spellminders2018-03-05 12:08 pm
insubordination) wrote in spellminders2018-03-05 12:08 pm
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[ roy's week has been better.
between the removal from shehui and the now impossibility of being trapped in some sort of magical hellscape, and multiple people vanishing, and still more people appearing, he's had something of a time of it. but keep calm and carry on is the mantra of the day, even if roy sounds noticeably . . . not off, necessarily, but definitely more tired and muted than he typically is. he normally sounds confident and in control, but at the moment, he just sounds somewhat fed up. between shehui, riza being taken, hughes showing up, and about 20% of the coven up and vanishing, he's had about enough.
that being said, he has appearances to maintain, so he tries not to let his frustration and exhaustion leak into what he's about to say to the coven. someone needs to round everyone up and make sure they're okay. it may as well be him, especially considering what they're all seeing and going through. ]
To those who don't know who I am, my name is Brigadier General Roy Mustang. Whether you use my title or not is entirely up to you; I'm not going to police your comfort level with the military, nor does it mean much here other than I have experience in dealing with catastrophe.
[ he is normally not so blunt, but. times are hard, man. ]
Given our current situation and the sudden absence of multiple people from the Coven, we need to regroup. Staying together is imperative to our safety, and wandering this place alone is a recipe for disaster. I'm sure most of you have already figured this out, but to those who haven't: avoid the hotbeds of magical activity and do not drink the water. Hallucinations tend to occur when either of those things happen, and we can't afford any of our own being incapacitated. We're trapped here until further notice, and with little-to-no guidance from Qri or our former captors, [ because honestly, fuck the reason they're in shehui in the first place, but he'll try to keep his bitterness concerning qri to himself ] we are on our own. Rely on each other, and we will be fine.
[ he pauses. ]
I know many of you are still recovering from the atrocities that Shehui inflicted upon all of us, and that this is far from an ideal recovery place. There's no need to pretend to be fine if you aren't, but rely on those who can help you, if able. Check in with me if you are still here. I'll send my location telepathically to the entirety of the Coven; find me, and we will begin to set up a temporary campsite until we figure out how to best get out of here.
[ there's another pause before he sighs, running his hands over his face to have a moment of thought to himself. ]
If you have any questions, concerns, or require any supplies, speak to me. If you have specialized healing abilities, say so to the Coven on this feed. People are hurt. [ hughes, specifically, needs more help than roy gave him, but. he won't say that out loud. ] We will begin to divvy up responsibilities when we are in a centralized location. Make your way here before focusing on anything else you are told. And remember -- ignore the hallucinations; they are not real. Thank you.
[ and as the feed ends, a location is sent, telepathically, where roy has set up camp near a grove of trees.
[ x,y ] ]
[ ooc: feel free to threadjack and use this as an open log to generate some plots! i do not care how many people threadjack or if folks interrupt roy in the comments. lay it on each other. :)
EDIT: here is a log for the tasks y'all are plotting out below! if your character has volunteered something, please feel free to throw up a top level for volunteers. ]
between the removal from shehui and the now impossibility of being trapped in some sort of magical hellscape, and multiple people vanishing, and still more people appearing, he's had something of a time of it. but keep calm and carry on is the mantra of the day, even if roy sounds noticeably . . . not off, necessarily, but definitely more tired and muted than he typically is. he normally sounds confident and in control, but at the moment, he just sounds somewhat fed up. between shehui, riza being taken, hughes showing up, and about 20% of the coven up and vanishing, he's had about enough.
that being said, he has appearances to maintain, so he tries not to let his frustration and exhaustion leak into what he's about to say to the coven. someone needs to round everyone up and make sure they're okay. it may as well be him, especially considering what they're all seeing and going through. ]
To those who don't know who I am, my name is Brigadier General Roy Mustang. Whether you use my title or not is entirely up to you; I'm not going to police your comfort level with the military, nor does it mean much here other than I have experience in dealing with catastrophe.
[ he is normally not so blunt, but. times are hard, man. ]
Given our current situation and the sudden absence of multiple people from the Coven, we need to regroup. Staying together is imperative to our safety, and wandering this place alone is a recipe for disaster. I'm sure most of you have already figured this out, but to those who haven't: avoid the hotbeds of magical activity and do not drink the water. Hallucinations tend to occur when either of those things happen, and we can't afford any of our own being incapacitated. We're trapped here until further notice, and with little-to-no guidance from Qri or our former captors, [ because honestly, fuck the reason they're in shehui in the first place, but he'll try to keep his bitterness concerning qri to himself ] we are on our own. Rely on each other, and we will be fine.
[ he pauses. ]
I know many of you are still recovering from the atrocities that Shehui inflicted upon all of us, and that this is far from an ideal recovery place. There's no need to pretend to be fine if you aren't, but rely on those who can help you, if able. Check in with me if you are still here. I'll send my location telepathically to the entirety of the Coven; find me, and we will begin to set up a temporary campsite until we figure out how to best get out of here.
[ there's another pause before he sighs, running his hands over his face to have a moment of thought to himself. ]
If you have any questions, concerns, or require any supplies, speak to me. If you have specialized healing abilities, say so to the Coven on this feed. People are hurt. [ hughes, specifically, needs more help than roy gave him, but. he won't say that out loud. ] We will begin to divvy up responsibilities when we are in a centralized location. Make your way here before focusing on anything else you are told. And remember -- ignore the hallucinations; they are not real. Thank you.
[ and as the feed ends, a location is sent, telepathically, where roy has set up camp near a grove of trees.
[ x,y ] ]
[ ooc: feel free to threadjack and use this as an open log to generate some plots! i do not care how many people threadjack or if folks interrupt roy in the comments. lay it on each other. :)
EDIT: here is a log for the tasks y'all are plotting out below! if your character has volunteered something, please feel free to throw up a top level for volunteers. ]
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[ waver and leo saw the gate. amanda found him in amestris. he found hughes half-dead. he has no idea what riza has seen thusfar aside from what he's seen. it's a disaster. a literal disaster. ]
I do know that it is possible to leave the patches of magic, if you figure out how. In some situations, I just kept walking until I got out of the boundaries. But I've just accidentally walked into different ones. It's hard to tell.
no subject
[His faster means of escape would be to change shape. If that's not an option it's better to know now than in the middle. Nothing he could hallucinate will be kind.]
It could be that once you've been touched by it the magic has a path to you. Hard to be sure at this stage.
no subject
[ he was blind in one situation, aimlessly wandering through central in another, and dragging a half-dead maes hughes to safety in a third. ]
But judging from the failed attempts to resurrect Qri, I'm not entirely sure how magic would react inside the voids. Someone has probably tried, but I'm not going to ask people to volunteer.
no subject
I know this is a difficult topic. But how real do the hallucinations feel?
[private]
riza trusts shiro. and roy does, too. but the first part is really why he's bluntly honest: ]
My closest friend was murdered by the enemy, years ago. I know the street where he was killed like the back of my hand. Every brick, every street lamp, every bush. I could draw a map of it from memory, to scale, and detail precisely where every single object is.
It felt like I was there.
[private]
I used to just be a pilot and a soldier. One mission changed all of that. We were attacked and taken prisoner. I was their prisoner and experiment for a year. Or so people tell me. I only remember bits and pieces. I get flashes. Enough that I know it’s all still in there.
I don’t know what people will see if I start hallucinating. The clearest thing I remember is a gladiator pit. The rest I know what to expect. I could guide anyone through the war. But that.
[It would be bad. He can get a handle on himself fast. But sometimes all it takes is a moment for it all to go wrong. He would never have admitted to this much if he didn’t feel Roy could be trusted with it. ...and that it might become a coven wide problem if he gets tainted.]